Package-tie.



11. CAKE.

PACKAGE TIE. APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 14; 1911.

Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH (0., WASHINGTON, D, c.

a metallic member. attac M. CAKE, OF WASHINGTON, DI S'IlRI-CT GOLQ'MBIA.

PACKAGE-TIE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Batented Mar. 1 9 12 Application filed January 14, 1.91} Serial Np.

To ell wkom itmay concern Be it known, that 1;, Horace M. CAKE, acitizen of thdUnited. States, a resident of the. city l Vashington inthe District of Columbia, have. invented, certain new useful.Improvements in." Package-Ties, of which the following is aspecification.

Thisinyention relates broadlyto package ties and; specifically to a,type of. package tie wherein thetyii ig is accomplished by means l t/Chto a, flex ble att principal; object of invention is to. enfitructpackage. e in 811011 manne at Pa ka s 54 be q ii k r a sec e ti and mayw th. aua qui g es b un ed without cutting. destroying. thev flexiblecord. I

A M-h n abjec 0i? t iis nren ea n t s t a pa ka e e s aa e. r ita etn aproportipns and. pa e adapted, receive ad er s n matt 199 a Par ies i 2surface. i

Another object of this. ii vtal l iQtl is to construct a, symmetricalmetallic package tie hi w l aute iia sal r s Pia .e bla d when the cordhas been drawn to, a predet riIeede te of-t nai e A further object ofthis inven tio to construct a metallic packa e tie in such manner thatthe automaticiliurning. of the package tie during tensioning of't'hecord causesthe cord to automatically leave a slipping surface and drop111130 a wedge sl ot,

thus automatically tying the packa vent-ion will in part be obvious andwill in part be pointed out in the specification hereinafter following,and by reference to the accompanying drawings in which like numerals areused to indicate like parts throughout the several figures thereof.

Figure 1 is a detail plan view of the package tie. Fig. :2 is a detailView of one of the slipping surfaces and accompanying wedge slots. Fig.3 is a View showing the first step of operation in tying a rectangularpackage with the package tie. Fig. 4 is a view showing the second stepin tying a rectangular package. Fig. 5 is a View showing the third stepin the operation of tying a rectangular package. Fig. 6 is a viewshowing the package in the last and com pleted step of operation oftying the pack age and illustrates a package in its tied con dition.

Referring to the drawings and more specifically to Fig 1, a package tiecomprises a piece of sheet metal whose exterior contour is substantiallythat of a portion of a circle. A back opening 2 is formed bew en ptqiectens 4 a i the a opens ns be ngpt t9 abt a a lipping bloc r ures. t r beni g person of fl xible cord 6 in making the cross cord Vfil lfill tyipga P k ge. ncover nds of. "th pa age t si ar f tle i it car 7 amt 8; ft asemester n w t r aeda iieb. proylded at the r. base with wec lge slots 9i w ggwslkm Y w lhalie ra tetbe e the'e et t en.otetie liarr teie t eian re pra sed was the drr 1 east he ls le 9; fli ersst ,liiiT- i Waistxi he wa te 9; 1 are arra ged. to. l e 11 9;. ines Alas, Bi e. when.nes. ar Substantia ly. a r ght anales o. as. other and. w ich aces; Et aheimid le. 1 9 a efth bad 21? ing 2. These lines represent the directionwhich the members of the flexible cord will 'flSSUll llQ. when the tieis in positi-oirupon 'a square package.

Still other and further objects oft-his in- For certain purposes,particularly for tying cylindrical packages, it may befound convenientto make the entire package tie from flexible sheet metal withoutcorrugating the portions between the wedge slots and the periphery ofthe tie, in order that the tie may conform itself to the contour of acylindrical package. Since the tie is adapted to be formed of sheetmetal, flat por tions thereof, for example, the part lying between theback opening and the periphery, may be utilized for advertising space.

The operation of the package tie, as illustrated in Figs. 3 to 6inclusive, is substantially as follows:The first operation in binding apackage with this invention, is to insert one end of a cord in either ofthe wedge slots 9 or 10, for example 9. The cord is then brought aroundthe package and through the back opening 2, as is illustrated in F ig.3. The cord is drawn taut and around the package in a directionsubstantially at right angles to the original direction of the cord, asis illustrated in Fig.

4, and the cord is then looped over'tlie" slipping surface 15. It willbe noted by referring to Fig. .4, that the package tie device is drawnto one side of the package and the wedge slots 9 and 10 aresubstantiallyin line with the transverse axis of the package. After the string hasbeen looped over the slipping surface 15, as is illustrated in Fig. 5,and pulling pressure is brought upon the looseend of the string, it willbenoted there is a tendency to cause the package tie to turn. Thetighterthe string is drawn the more the turning of the tie until it hasturned sufficiently for the cord to slip over the projection 17 and dropinto the wedge slot 10. Immediately as the flexible cord drops into-thewedge slot 10 the package is securely tied. It will be noted that the atie now occupies a position, as shown in Fig. 6, in which the wedgeslots 9 and 10 are alinedwith the longitudinal and cross tiesrespectively. A particular feature of novelty in this tie is theautomatic manner in which the tieturns to grip the cord wedge slot.

after it has been drawn-to a sufiicient degree of tightness. As has beenhereinbeforeexplained, it will be noted that as the free end of the cordis being drawn up, the package tie moves from its position near the'sideedge of the package over toward the center of the package and undergoesa translatory' curely hold the binding cord upon the packa e.

As many and obvious changes could be made'in the above describedstructure without departing from the scope of the claims,

I desire that it shall be understood that the disclosure and.construction shall be taken as illustrative and'not in a limiting sense.I also desire it to be understood that the language used in the claimsis intended to cover all generic and specific features. of thisinvention and all statements of the scope of the invention which as amatter of language might fall therebetween.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is t 1. A package tiecomprising a body portion having two adjacent terminal members at oneside thereof, one of said terminal members being provided with means forsecuring a .cord, the other of said terminal members having a smoothconcave inner edge and a wedge slot adjacent thereto, and the bodyportion being provided with ,a smooth curved inner edge substantially:opposite the terminal members. 1

2. A package ti'e comprising. portion having two adjacent terminalmembers I at one side thereof, said terminal members being provided withsmooth" concave inner edges, wedge slots adjacent "said edges, the bodyport-ion being provided with an opening in the side opposite theterminal members and having a smooth curved inner edge along saidopening facing the concave edges of the terminal members.

. HORACE M. CAKE. Witnesses:

C. S. BUTLER, M. B. NIoHoLs.

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. Washington, D. G.

